Polls in Illinois are officially closed, with vote totals for races spanning the presidential election, state House and Senate, as well as statewide referendums and Chicago’s first-ever school board election.
How did Illinois residents vote in all races? As votes are counted, results will appear on NBC Chicago’s live election results page on the website and app. Keep the link handy as results continue to flow into the page throughout election night.
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To find out whether Illinois residents voted for former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris, check out the live results below starting at 7 p.m. and updated throughout Tuesday evening :
Illinois voters were also all presented with a series of advisory questions. These questions, the first Illinois voters have seen in a decade, covered a variety of topics, with election security, property tax relief and reproductive health care all on the ballot.
Here is the latest information on how voters voted for or against the advisory questions:
What about ballots cast before Election Day? According to the Chicago Board of Elections, all early and absentee ballots received Sunday are being cast and processed for counting before polls close in Illinois.
Even though the ballots have been scanned, the results remain secret until the polls close and, according to the Chicago Board of Elections, no employee can see the vote tally until 7 p.m.
Once that process is complete, the results are released along with the first count of ballots on Election Day, according to officials.
To see how other swing states around the country voted in the presidential race compared to other states, view a complete map of presidential election voting here:
